How To Install dnf-plugin-diff on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugin-diff in Fedora 36. dnf-plugin-diff is Show local changes in RPM packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugin-diff on Fedora 36.

What is `dnf-plugin-diff`

Dnf plugin to diff the original package contents against the locally changed files.

We can use yum or dnf to install dnf-plugin-diff on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnf-plugin-diff.

Install dnf-plugin-diff on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dnf-plugin-diff using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugin-diff

Install dnf-plugin-diff on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dnf-plugin-diff using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnf-plugin-diff

How To Uninstall dnf-plugin-diff on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dnf-plugin-diff package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnf-plugin-diff

dnf-plugin-diff Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/diff.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/diff.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/diff.py
/usr/libexec/dnf-diff-changed-files
/usr/libexec/dnf-diff-rpm-filename
/usr/share/doc/dnf-plugin-diff
/usr/share/doc/dnf-plugin-diff/README
/usr/share/licenses/dnf-plugin-diff
/usr/share/licenses/dnf-plugin-diff/COPYING

References

dnf-plugin-diff website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugin-diff on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).